SaaS

American  

abbreviation

Computers.

1. software as a service: a software distribution method in which a service provider gives customers access through the internet to applications, usually ones developed and owned by the provider.

   You can use a cloud-computing service such as SaaS.

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Etymology

Origin of SaaS

First recorded in 2000–05

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SaaS

But SaaS companies are still racing to transform themselves, for what they believe will be a new era in which data will have to be transformed into knowledge to have real value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The slightly longer-term peril, then, looks like fresh SaaS companies built from scratch with AI at the core.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

While some companies may be displaced by frontier labs, “I don’t think all SaaS companies are created equal,” Nicholas Frasse, product manager for thematic ETFs at VanEck, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026

SaaS exploded in the 2010s, as companies such as Slack and Zoom raised hundreds of millions of dollars from venture-capital firms and others went public in blockbuster IPOs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Generative AI is steamrollering the industry known as software-as-a-service, or SaaS, where customers access software over the internet, typically on a subscription basis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

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